Lemon rice

Ingredients:
Cooked rice - 2 cups
Juice of 3 lemons[big]
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
Channa dal - 1 tbsp
Peanut - 2 tbsp
Curry leaves - few
Hing - pinch
Turmeric powder - 1tsp
Salt - as required

Method:

• Add oil to pan, add mustard seeds.
• When it flutters, add urad dal, channa dal, peanuts and simmer the flame.
• Fry it for sometime, take care not to burn.
• Then add salt, turmeric powder and hing.
• Switch off the flame immediately when it is fried a little.
• Then add lemon juice.
• Mix with rice.
• Red chillies can also be added.

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Capsicum rice

Ingredients:
Basmathi rice - 1/2 cup
Capsicum - 1/2 cup, coloured
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon - 1/2 inch
Grind to paste:
Garlic - 7 cloves
Cashew - 5 whole
Pepper - 1/2 tsp

Recipe Reference: sharmispassions
Method:

• Soak the rice for 20 minutes.
• Grind the ingredients listed in "Grind to paste".
• Pressure cook the rice for 3 whistles in medium flame. 
• In a pan, add ghee, then cinnamon and cloves.
• When it is fried, add the grinded paste.
• When it is cooked, add the capsicum and fry for sometime.
• Don't overcook the capsicum.
• Now mix with rice.

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Millet Veg Pulao

Kodo Millet - 1 cup[Any rice can be used]
Carrot - 1
Turnip -1
Kohlrabi -1
Green Peas - handful
Ginger - 2 inches
Garlic - 6 pods
Cinnamon - 1 inch
Green Chillies - 3, chopped lengthwise
Big onion - 1, chopped finely

Recipe reference : rakskitchen.net

Method:

Grind ginger, garlic and cinnamon.
Heat oil in pan, add 2 cloves, 2 cardamom and one bayleaf.
When it splutters add onion, green chillies and grounded paste.
Cook until onion turns pink.
Now add all chopped vegetables.
Cook a little and ad rice.
Immediately switch off.
Now transfer all contents to rice cooker and add 2 cups of water with required salt.
When cooked, leave for sometime and then fluff it up with fork.
Millet veg Pulao is ready!!
Serve with any curry.

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Sweet corn and green peas pulao

Ingredients:
Basmathi rice - 1 cup
Sweet corn - 1/2 cup
Green peas - 1/2 cup
Kasuri methi - little
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Big onion - 1, sliced lengthwise

To ground to powder:
Whole pepper - 1tsp
cardamom - 1

Seasoning:
Cardamom - 1
cloves - 2
cinnamon - 1/2 inch
bayleaf - 1

Recipe Reference : sharmispassions

Method:
Wash and soak rice for 15 minutes.
Ground the ingredients under "to ground to powder". I have done in hand mortar.
Heat 2 tsp oil + 1 tsp ghee in a pan, add cardamom,cloves,cinnamon and bayleaf.
Now add  grounded powder, let it cook for few minutes.
Then add onion followed by ginger garlic paste.
Cook until onion turns pink.
Then add kasuri methi leaves and saute a minute.
 Now add sweet corn, peas and rice.
Mix well and transfer to rice cooker. Add 1 and half cups of water.

 

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Palak Rice

Ingredients:
Recipe Source :spiceupthecurry.com
Samai rice[Little millet] - 1 cup
Palak - 1 bunch
Carrot - half, cubed
Green peas - 1/8 cup
Sweet corn - 1/8 cup
Coriander seeds -  1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon - 1/2 inch
Cloves - 2
Bayleaf - 1
Green chillies - 2
Onion - 1/2
Garlic - 2 cloves
Ginger - 1/2 inch

Method:

1. Clean palak and keep aside.
2. Dry roast coriander seeds, cumin seeds, cinnamon and cloves until nice aroma comes.
3. Then grind the roasted ingredients along with onion, green chillies, Ginger, Garlic and palak.
4. Heat oil in kadai, add bayleaf.
5. Then add the grinded paste and cook until all water evaporates.
6. Add vegetables and cook for a minute
7. Now add rice with 2 cups of water. Mix well and switch off.
8. Transfer to a rice cooker and cook.
9. Serve hot with some raita. I have prepared Pumpkin Raita.

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Gongura Pulihora

This is the first time i tried puliyodarai with gongura, it has come very well. Every time i will be thinking of making healthy and tasty recipes, this too added into my list.. :-)

Photographs clicked by my husband..:-)

Recipe Source : sailusfood.com

For preparing rice :

Rice - 1 cup

Water - 2 cups 

salt

Oil

Gongura Paste :

Gongura leaves - 1 cup,washed

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

red chillies - 2

fenugreek seeds - 1/8 tsp

Seasoning :

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Channa dal - 1 tbsp

Peanuts - 1 tbsp

Curry leaves - few

1. Cook rice separately by adding water and salt. After cooking make it to cool down add few drops of oil.
2. Now heat oil in kadai, add mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds, when it splutters add red chillies and keep aside.
3. Now in the same oil, add gongura leaves and cook for around 6 minutes.
4. Grind gongura leaves and mustard seed mixture together.
5. Mix with rice evenly.
6.  Heat oil in kadai and do seasoning and add to rice.
7. Gongura pulihora is ready.. serve with vadam.

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Banyard Millet Curd Rice

Banyard Millet Rice - 1 Cup
Water - 3 cups

Seasoning :
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
Green Chilli - 3 [chopped finely]
Ginger - 2 tsp
Curry leaves - few

1. Cook kuthiraivali rice by adding rice, water and salt in pressure cooker for 20 min.
2. Mash the rice nicely.
3. Add Gingelly oil and add the ingredients under 'seasoning'.
4. Nice healthy tasty curd rice ready.

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